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… yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … also opens new avenues for utilizing these organisms in sustainable practices, such as biofuel production and natural …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in winter months, … This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP150100244) and the Australian …

… Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | … , with significant advances compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. … analyses.   The Impact There are 900 species of eucalyptus. The trees are fast-growing plantation crops that supply …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … of 50 letters of intent submitted. Many of the proposals focus on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels and bioproducts. Andrew …

… science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. While a hill of beans may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in many … trait. Traditionally beans have had a shelf-life about roughly 6-9 months before their color begins to …

… developed to help inform scientists and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of … microbiomes to facilitate microbial solutions to challenging environmental problems, advancing their utility …

… The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … some ability to slowly break down lignin (think of a fallen, decomposing tree in the forest). Because oxygen is … grants W911NF-09–D-0001 and W911NF-19-2-0026 (MAO), US Army Research Office contract W911NF-19-1-0010 (MAO), …

… from left: [Above] Hao Chen, Matthew Cope-Arguello, Theophilus Olufemi Isimikalu, Todd H. Oakley, BJ Philmus and Aaron M. Roshotte; [Below] Paul Scesa, Kathleen … Tapping into these functions allows researchers to use them for engineering applications in support of …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In … foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane varieties and advance a sustainable … In contrast, assembling the sugarcane genome was more challenging and took more than a decade because there were …

… achievements in science, technology, and diversity/inclusion by the annual  HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice … JGI, ESnet are U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facilities. The HPCwire Editors Choice Award for Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences went to the Berkeley Lab team …

… Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start … Program. Conceived by Wang and Visel, the program challenges UC Merced graduate students with individual projects …

… Nikos Kyrpides Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … with switchgrass biology. The information could be useful toward the DOE’s interest in harnessing the crop … (Watch SCGSR fellows Nick Reichart and Ian Rambo talk about their experiences at the JGI.) Igor Grigoriev hosted …